—I didn’t do well in this English examination. How about you？　　 —I did ______ you.

— You looked so ______, what’s the matter?— I’ve had a very trying time this afternoon. I had to spend the whole listening to the _____ lecture by Mr. Smith.

It’s a ________ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century.

 We do hope that one day the Chinese language will become a __________ language, that is, everyone in the world will communicate in it.

His wife looks ___ than he is.